Kristin N. Johnson


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One of 2 Remaining Democrats at U.S. CFTC Will Exit When New Chair Arrives

As the crypto industry awaits a surge in digital assets authority at the U.S. derivatives agency, Democrat Christy Goldsmith Romero plans to depart.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Commissioner: CFTC Needs More Dialogue With Market Participants to Modernize Regulation

"It’s important for us to know certain facts, information [and] data about the company acquiring a registered market participant” to avoid another FTX debacle, Kristin N. Johnson said on CoinDesk TV.

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CFTC Commissioner: Culture Of Compliance Starts At the Top

LedgerX was one of the few FTX-owned companies that remained solvent throughout the collapse and its subsequent bankruptcy process. CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson comments on the culture of compliance, saying it should start at the top.

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US CFTC Commissioner Cites Latest Crypto Sanction in Call for New Rules

Commissioner Kristin Johnson is pushing for her agency to work on policies to further tighten custody of customer assets as the CFTC sanctions another crypto Ponzi scheme.

CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson and Conrad Bahlke, counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher at Crypto Connection 2022 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

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CFTC Has ‘Boots on the Ground’ at FTX Subsidiary LedgerX

Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson said that the regulator is monitoring crypto clearinghouse LedgerX on a “daily if not hourly basis.”

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CFTC Commissioner Addresses FTX Fallout

Following the fallout of FTX, "there may be an impetus to do something," CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson said. "I'm hopeful that Congress will take up the questions that we've described ... and close the regulatory gap, giving clear direction to the SEC and the CFTC."

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CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson on Future of Crypto Regulation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson discusses the road ahead for the U.S. crypto regulatory landscape, along with her reaction to a recent bill that would grant the CFTC "exclusive jurisdiction" over cryptocurrency trades that meet commodities law.

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CFTC Commissioner: Adopted Crypto Regulation is to ‘Ensure Market Integrity’

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson discusses what the agency is doing to protect and support individual and institutional market participants. “The regulation that we have adopted is intended to ensure market integrity,” Johnson said.

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‘Memorandum of Understanding’ Between SEC and CFTC Needed in US Crypto Regulation: CFTC Commissioner

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson discusses how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and CFTC could work together in tackling the biggest crypto regulatory challenges in the country.

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